Residential Recovery Programme

The ‘freedom2live’ Recovery Programme offers residents a combined range of interventions and a support plan, tailored to meet individual need and consists of two stages. In partnership with Community Drug/Alcohol Team. Health Department and other relevant agencies, Good News Family Care can provide the following services:

• Structured day programme
• Targeted support for women and their children
• Care Team support, incorporating key-worker system
• Support Plans (in consultation with client and agencies)
• Courses / Support groups
• Participation in case conference, core group and planning meetings
• Parent/Child Contact facilities
• Registered Day Nursery with Baby Unit and Early Years Education Unit
• Help with: Housing, budgeting, job-seeking, home management, cooking, nutrition, personal development, health/hygiene, further education
• Continued support after completing the programme

The ‘freedom2live’ Structured Recovery Programme includes:

• 12-step recovery programme‘Life’s Healing Choices’Work-based Skills Project;
• Holistic recovery specific group and individual sessions (e.g. relapse prevention, hierarchy of need, cycle of change)
• A range of courses including topics of Self-esteem and Parenting (age appropriate);
• Cognitive self-help groups;
• Healthy living sessions/discussions;
• AA groups, and where appropriate other relevant courses are accessed externally (in Stage 2).

While we do not seek to treat issues of mental health difficulties, eating disorders, sensory and/or physical impairments or learning difficulties; we accept people affected who experience these conditions and facilitate access to appropriate services.

Males and females who are non-resident are eligible to participate in selected Structured Recovery Programme activities.

Women who successfully complete the 1st stage of the Recovery programme are offered a further period of stabilisation in the Family Centre for Stage 2 of the programme. This stage can continue from 3 – 9 months according to individual need. The recovery programme and specific activities are accessible through this stage, while enabling the client to have increased independence, and opportunities to integrate with other residents in the Residential Family Centre and the local community.

Every effort is made to assist clients in applying for benefits and fees support for which they may be eligible, but payment for periods not covered must be underwritten by the referring agency.

Support services are subsidised by charitable donations from our supporters. Nursery/Childcare fees and additional support fees must be underwritten by the referring agency.

We accept referrals for single women and mothers with their children (in all cases when risk assessments are favourable and with agreement with the local Social Care department only).

Each individual will be assessed prior to their arrival and a rigorous referral process is undertaken including an interview which may be facilitate in person or by telephone or Skype. Ideally women who are referred will be detoxified from alcohol or illicit substances on arrival, however a controlled detoxification may be considered in liaison with health care professionals.

Please note; if a person is detoxing on a methadone reduction programme, rather than arriving having already detoxed, it can delay progress and may take more than 6 months.